'We Can't Eat a Road:' Asset-Based Community Development and The Gedam Sefer Community Partnership in Ethiopia

Autor:	Mulu Yeneabat, Alice K. Butterfield
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Economic growth Public Administration Sociology and Political Science Community building business.industry Community organization Asset-based community development Development Public relations Local community General partnership Asset (economics) Sociology Community development business Slum
Zdroj:	Journal of Community Practice. 20:134-153
ISSN:	1543-3706 1070-5422
DOI:	10.1080/10705422.2012.650121
Popis:	Asset-based community development strategy (ABCD) is a development that recognizes and builds upon the strengths and assets of individuals, associations, and institutions to address the felt needs of the local community. As the application of ABCD in an urban area of Africa, The Gedam Sefer Community Partnership (GSCP) was formed to improve the lives of poor families living in a slum neighborhood of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Five building blocks of ABCD from the literature are used to analyze and evaluate the 5-year formation and implementation of the GSCP. The article examines the process of engagement between community and university members, the difficulties encountered in attempting to implement ABCD through an international university–community partnership, and the formation of the community's own new association. To sustain hope and build community and organizational capacity, the practical and symbolic value of short-term development activities with immediately visible results are outlined. Findings a...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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